Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,243 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Gregory W. Meeks (1953- )
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Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones), (1924-1963)
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LeBron James (1984- )
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The Manumission of Monimia Travers: A Slave Freed at Fort Vancouver

Explore Global African History

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Jeanne/Jane Vialle (1906–1953)
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Kimberley Motley (1978?- )
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The Mozambican Civil War (1977-1992)
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Zadie Smith (1975- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Racial Politics of Miss America
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African Americans in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta: The Black Community of Weed, California
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The Tie Breaker Ruling in Perspective: A Plaintiff Looks Back on the Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision of 2007
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the Encyclopedia of the Negro, 1936
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W.E.B. Du Bois and the Making of the Encyclopedia Africana, 1909-1963

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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